2011 Big Ten baseball tournament


The 2011 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2011 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (4th title)
TelevisionBTN
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 36 21   .632
Illinois  ‍ 15 9   .625 30 27   .526
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 37 20   .649
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 25 24   .510
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 26 27   .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 32 22   .593
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 30 25   .545
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 20 29   .408
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 20 32   .385
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 17 37   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Regular season results

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The top six teams (based on conference results, with head-to-head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Illinois 15 9 .625 1
Michigan State 15 9 .625 2
Purdue 14 10 .583 1 3
Ohio State 13 11 .542 2 4
Minnesota 13 11 .542 2 5
Penn State 12 12 .4500 3 6
Indiana 11 13 .458 4
Northwestern 10 13 .435 4.5
Iowa 9 15 .375 6
Michigan 7 16 .304 7.5

Format

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The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Michigan State7
4Ohio State53Purdue1
5Minnesota32Michigan State1
1Illinois4
1Illinois5
3Purdue74Ohio State4
6Penn State2
1Illinois9
2Michigan State1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Michigan State6
3Purdue05Minnesota3
4Ohio State45Minnesota1
5Minnesota85Minnesota9
6Penn State2

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References

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  1. ^ "2011 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ^ 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.